Show QUOTA under the second call for volunteers to th the number of utah is entitled to furnish men on an exact pro rata basis according to population it has been repeatedly stated that the most moist of the men enlisted under the new fiew call would be assigned to regiments already organized which would be brought up to the maximum strength and it has been estimated that WOOD men would be required to do this this would leave men out of which to form new regiments according to a press dispatch sent out from washington last tuesday night adjutant general corbin had announced that he would not make public the apportionment of the volunteer troops among the states under the second call of the president that enlistments would be made the same as aa for the regular army and that governors of states would be notified of the number to be enlisted in their respective states but that this information would wo arld not be made public by the war department the dispatch further states A majority of the men enlisted will be sent at once to the permanent camps to fill regiments that are the men being assigned of course to regiments which belong to their localities under the second call each state is called upon to furnish a specified number of men not a specified number of company battalion or regimental organizations after a state has filled its quota the men unassigned to regiments ments already in the service will be organized into new regiments the governors commissioning the officers who are to command them under this program the recruits from utah would have been merged into existing regiments and lost sight of the state would not have received credit for the achievements of her sons on the battlefield and a chief source of encouragement coura gement to enlist in the first place and to display zeal and valor after enlistment list ment would not have existed delegation in congress realizing all this have exerted themselves to obtain permission from the war department for utah to furnish a battalion of I 1 infantry and news comes from washington to the effect that they have I 1 been a successful uc cess ful senator cannon has been especially persistent in endeavors to produce this result A battalion of infantry will include I 1 about men and thirteen officers viz a major four captains and eight ito lieutenants and it looks as if this state would be permitted to furnish nearly double her quota and have them in a distinct body maintaining its own identity and whose officers will be appointed by governor wells all of which will be very gt gratifying ratifying to the people of the state in general in furnishing men for this war utah has ben been particularly fortunate she sends a company of rough riders with tor reys regiment a troop of cavalry and a battalion of light artillery to the philippines and a battalion of infantry to a destination not yet designated her sons can keep together under conditions that will enable them to make a distinctive record and every utahn has confidence that glory will be reflected upon the state by their achievements |